Philip Chetwode, 1st Baron Chetwode
Military Officer, Politician
1869 – 1950
Who was Philip Chetwode, 1st Baron Chetwode?
Field Marshal Philip Walhouse Chetwode, 1st Baron Chetwode, 7th Baronet of Oakley, GCB OM GCSI KCMG DSO was a British Army officer. He saw action during the Second Boer War, during which he was present at the Siege of Ladysmith in December 1899. He saw action again during World War I on the Western Front, taking part in the First Battle of Ypres, and then in the Sinai and Palestine Campaign during which he led his corps at the First Battle of Gaza in March 1917, at the Battle of Beersheba in October 1917 and the Battle of Jerusalem in November 1917.
After the War he held a series of senior military appointments including Adjutant-General to the Forces and then Commander in Chief Aldershot Command. He went on to be Chief of the General Staff in India in 1928 and Commander in Chief in India in 1930 and was much concerned with the modernisation and "Indianisation" of the army in India.
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- Born
- Sep 21, 1869
Westminster - Also known as
- Field Marshal Philip Walhouse Chetwode, 1st Baron Chetwode, 7th Baronet of Oakley
- Field Marshal Philip Walhouse Chetwode, 1st Baron Chetwode, 7th Baronet of Oakley, GCB, OM, GCSI, KCMG, DSO
- Parents
- Spouses
- Children
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Profession
- Education
- Eton College
- Lived in
- Dehradun
- London
- Died
- Jul 6, 1950
Marylebone
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on July 23, 2013
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